The warden who guards the witches

"This happened half a year ago..." Sophie began to talk. "The organization asked me to get close to a client, an expat investigator from the Netherlands Dark Arts Administration."

"Inquisitor?" Aiden raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"That's right. But unlike the Inquisitors from other Convention countries, he used to be a well-known wizard, specializing in elements and alchemy."

"The heretic inquisitor of the former heretics..." Aiden nodded with interest, "It's interesting, probably only in the Netherlands."

The Dark Arts Administration of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is actually the heresy trial agency of the Kingdom of the Netherlands now. The Netherlands was the last country to join the Convention. In the early years, it gathered a large number of wizards, alchemists and alien personnel. When there were military conflicts with neighboring countries in the past, it also specially recruited some people related to the world of black magic. Special Personnel.

So far, this country's policy has been relatively lenient towards these individuals, and they will not pursue violations of the Convention before joining the Convention. The alien registration certificate held by Ophelia's brother, the blood prince Kyle Caodo, belongs to the Netherlands.

The Netherlands' Black Magic Administration was originally an administrative agency used to register wizards and aliens stranded in the country and enforce relevant management regulations. It also recruited a large number of black magic-related professionals. When the Netherlands officially joined the convention, the Netherlands' Dark Arts Administration was transformed into a law enforcement agency corresponding to the heresy trials of other countries.

Therefore, unlike the heretical inquisition agencies in other countries, the Netherlands' Black Magic Administration had many people classified as heretics by the Convention from the beginning, and some of them became heretical inquisitors. At the same time, they don't mind recruiting heretics at all, as long as their resumes are generally clean. As a result, some senior inquisitors were wizards with high attainments in black magic before being officially recruited.

Heretic Inquisitors in other regions, like Aiden, have basically only dabbled in the operation of black magic, only learning a few simple practical combat skills, and most of their proficient theories are to find the weaknesses of black magic.

But this type of inquisitors in the Netherlands are different. Many of them are experts in this field. Therefore, in the Netherlands - and probably only in the Netherlands, there are occasional cases where heretic inquisitors do not use weapons and equipment such as magic-eating bullets, but directly use black magic to fight wanted criminals, and use magic to defeat magic.

In an autonomous state where the "Convention" is strictly enforced and takes a long time, it is impossible to recruit witches and wizards who have spontaneously studied black magic as heresy inquisitors - first of all, it is impossible to pass the political review.

"He is the client targeted by Smiling Balance. Does this mean that he also has the power of authority?" Aiden asked.

"Yes, he was exposed to this aspect when he was a wizard." Sophie explained, "But he only gained power after he entered the institution."

"Name?" Aiden asked.

"Joy Lawson, thirty-two years old, senior investigator of the Netherlands Dark Arts Authority."

Aiden tried to think back, but shook his head: "I haven't heard much about it. Hasn't he arrested a few famous criminals?"

This Joey Lawson should have a considerable degree of attainments in black magic. After being trained by the Inquisitor and having the authority and power, he should be fully capable of taking on most S-class wanted criminals. Even if he was relatively calm as a wizard, he could make a name for himself with his combat prowess after becoming a judge.

"I heard him say that he deliberately stayed out of the limelight. Unlike you, the warden, he is the kind of... law enforcement officer who is not very upright."

"He took bribes?" Aiden asked.

Sophie shook her head: "He is far less interested in money than in power. He will extort black magic research from arrested criminals, and will also embezzle magic items designated and sealed by the Administration - in the most exaggerated case, He once executed a witch without authorization and ransacked the other party's workshop. He has been using his authority to secretly conduct research that violates the Convention, and he also gained the power of authority during this period."

"It's hard to change your true nature... Even if you wear official uniform, you're still a heretic at heart."

Aiden is not surprised, because he has come into contact with too many black magic researchers. This kind of style is unbelievable as a heretic inquisitor, but as a wizard, it is completely normal.

The theoretical system of black magic is obscure and difficult to understand, and even if resources are invested in large-scale teaching, only a few people can become masters. And the more in-depth you study, the higher the risk will be - this is the main reason why black magic gradually faded out of the world's main stage after the emergence of thermal weapon technology, and was even banned by legislation.

Because of this threshold, people who will study black magic in depth will basically have a certain attachment to this path. Like the seven great witches in the witch coven, they are all pursuing the end of knowledge.

The Netherlands' model of recruiting heretics to deal with heresy criminals can solve the problem of the combat effectiveness of heresy trials to a large extent, but if there is no better internal prosecution system...

You must know that the vast majority of spontaneous black magic researchers have a negative attitude towards the "Convention". Recruiting these people as law enforcers to implement the "Convention"... It is not surprising that there will be such individual cases of using power for personal gain.

After all, a profession is just a profession, and the moral level still depends on the individual. You must know that the two people who framed Veronica were also mounted policemen.

"But you know so many secrets. I guess he won't tell you this kind of thing easily. How did you spy on it?" Aiden asked curiously.

But Sophie shook her head: "No, he said it easily. I just exchanged letters with him for a period of time, and then chatted in person several times. Using some simple tricks, he took the initiative to tell these secrets. Me."

"Talk the initiative to tell the intelligence agent the facts of the crime?" Aiden frowned, "Is it possible that this person actually has no brains?"

"He didn't know my true background at first. He just thought I was a popular singer from the autonomous prefecture... By coincidence, he happened to be my fan." Sophie said slowly, adding the word "coincidence" specially. stress.

"Bragging to an idol about something like this? That's really no brainer." Aiden commented, "So the organization found out about this and sent you to get close to him?"

"Yes, he also came to the Autonomous Prefecture during my tour. When I was staying in Black Iron City, I had frequent contact with him in accordance with the instructions of the organization, and I got a lot of information about him and got some handles on him... ..." Sophie said, "Everything went smoothly until one time I reported to someone in the organization and found that I was being monitored by him using black magic."